BEC Attacks to Exceed $9B in 2018: Trend Micro

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    This prolific phishing gang is back with new tactics to target executives
    Business Email Compromise group has added to their massive database of CFOs and others to target and have adopted some new tricks
    April 4, 2019

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-...s-back-with-new-tactics-to-target-executives/
    "London Blue - UK-Based Multinational Gang Runs BEC Scams like a Modern Corporation" (PDF):
    https://www.agari.com/cyber-intelligence-research/whitepapers/london-blue-report.pdf
     
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    ‘Easier Than Robbing A Bank:’ City of Chicago Almost Lost More Than $1 Million In Phishing Scam
    April 18, 2019
    https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/18/chicago-department-of-aviation-phishing-scam/
     
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    FBI: BEC Scam Losses Almost Double To Reach $1.2 Billion
    April 23, 2019
    https://threatpost.com/fbi-bec-scam-losses-double/144038/
     
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    How email scammers are siphoning millions away from Irish firms
    April 26, 2019
    https://www.independent.ie/business...-millions-away-from-irish-firms-38047453.html
     
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    Hackers hit $1.75 million from St. Ambrose Parish
    In a letter to the parish, leaders say the hackers lead the church to send the money to fraudulent accounts
    April 29, 2019

    https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/c...arish/95-3759d0c0-052e-4c87-9200-48a7c9060480
     
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    Scott County Schools victim of $3.7 million scam
    April 24, 2019
    https://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Scott-County-Schools-victim-of-37-million-scam-509017341.html
     
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    This church is close to the area where I reside.

    Goes to show crooks have no discretion when it come to making a buck. Secretarial staff in concerns like this are usually "little old ladies" that probably just have a enough skills to use a computer. However, it does make me wonder why the church didn't employ the services of an accounting firm if they have expenditures of this magnitude. Anyway, hope the perpetrators realize they will "surely rot in hell" for this act as if that really matters to them.
     
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    Newly-Identified BEC Cybergang Targets U.S. Enterprise Victims
    June 5, 2019
    https://threatpost.com/newly-identified-bec-cybergang-targets-u-s-enterprise-victims/145195/
    Podcast: Behind-the-Scenes Look at Scattered Canary BEC Cybergang
    https://threatpost.com/podcast-behind-the-scenes-look-at-scattered-canary-bec-cybergang/145227/
     
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    Over $800,000 Stolen by Scammers in Atlanta Area City BEC Fraud
    July 5, 2019
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...n-by-scammers-in-atlanta-area-city-bec-fraud/
     
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    FinCEN Warns Banks of Business Email Compromise Scams
    July 16, 2019
    https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2019/07/fincen-warns-banks-of-business-email-compromise-scams/
     
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    BEC Scams Average $301 Million Per Month In Illegal Transfers
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...e-301-million-per-month-in-illegal-transfers/
     
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    Europol:
    Focus on CEO Fraud
    July 22, 2019
    https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/focus-ceo-fraud
    New Publication: Egmont Group Bulletin - Business Email Compromise Fraud
    Public bulletin (PDF - 368 KB): https://www.egmontgroup.org/sites/default/files/filedepot/external/20190708_EGMONT%20GROUP%20BEC%20BULLETIN-final.pdf
     
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    BEC Scammers Trick Employees Into Giving Away Customer Info
    July 23, 2019
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ick-employees-into-giving-away-customer-info/
    Agari: Weaponizing Accounts Receivable: How Scammers Use Aging Reports to Target Your Customers
     
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    Southern Oregon University Breach: An Expensive Lesson
    July 28, 2019
    https://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/southern-oregon-university-breach/
     
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    North Carolina County Lost $1.7 Million in BEC Scam
    July 31, 2019
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-carolina-county-lost-17-million-in-bec-scam/
     
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    BEC Scammers Cost US Universities Over $872K
    August 5, 2019
    https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/bec-scammers-cost-us-universities/
     
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    Mimecast Rejected Over 67 Million Emails. Here's What It Learned
    August 6, 2019
    https://www.darkreading.com/threat-...n-emails-heres-what-it-learned/d/d-id/1335443
     
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    Scammers trick City of Naples out of $700,000 in spear phishing cyber attack
    August 2, 2019
    https://eu.naplesnews.com/story/new...0-000-spear-phishing-cyber-attack/1902321001/
     
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    Police Recovered $300K Stolen in Spotslyvania Schools Phishing Attack
    August 16, 2019
    https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-s...olen-in-spotslyvania-schools-phishing-attack/
     
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    Canadian city loses big money in phishing scam
    August 16, 2019
    https://news.yahoo.com/canadian-city-loses-big-money-phishing-scam-181029243.html
     
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    Expert says Saskatoon would have good chance to recover $1M lost in scam if it's still in Canada
    August 16, 2019
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/fraud-follow-1.5250750
     
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    Florida government pays over $185k USD to hackers, again
    August 20, 2019
    https://www.securitynewspaper.com/2...vernment-pays-over-185k-usd-to-hackers-again/
     
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    Gift Cards Are Now the #1 Business Email Compromise Cash-Out Mechanism for Fraudsters
    August 20, 2019
    https://blog.knowbe4.com/gift-cards...-compromise-cash-out-mechanism-for-fraudsters
     
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